NCAA Tournament March Madness
#194 Tulane
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Projection: need to automatically qualify
Tulane’s profile makes clear why it would need the conference automatic; its season is defined by a neutral-site win over Boston College and a handful of modest victories while its résumé is blemished by a home drubbing by New Orleans and heavy neutral losses at Utah State and UC San Diego, and it has suffered damaging losses away at UAB, North Texas, Charlotte and on the road at Florida Atlantic. The Green Wave have shown they can win on the road against lesser foes like Louisiana and UT San Antonio and they split with Florida Atlantic, but they lack a signature road or top-tier nonconference victory that would catch a committee’s eye. The back half of the schedule offers several true road tests at Memphis, UAB, North Texas and South Florida and a limited number of home chances against Wichita State, Temple and Tulsa plus a more favorable date with Rice, so there are paths to improve. Given the scarcity of quality wins and the significance of the bad losses, the safest route for Tulane to the NCAA field is a deep run through the American Athletic tournament unless the team strings together upset wins in those remaining hostile environments.
| Date | Opponent | Ranking | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/3 | Samford | 249 | W85-72 |
| 11/8 | Texas St | 282 | W79-71 |
| 11/11 | @Louisiana | 331 | W66-62 |
| 11/14 | New Orleans | 202 | L85-63 |
| 11/21 | (N)Utah St | 30 | L96-75 |
| 11/23 | (N)Boston College | 145 | W93-90 |
| 11/28 | Nicholls St | 247 | W82-72 |
| 12/2 | Grambling | 279 | W65-63 |
| 12/6 | Akron | 53 | L88-71 |
| 12/13 | (N)UC San Diego | 108 | L93-67 |
| 12/17 | Louisiana Tech | 232 | W61-53 |
| 12/20 | Portland St | 153 | W63-61 |
| 12/31 | @East Carolina | 275 | W79-70 |
| 1/4 | FL Atlantic | 97 | W69-66 |
| 1/10 | @UT San Antonio | 348 | W85-52 |
| 1/14 | UAB | 123 | L82-69 |
| 1/18 | North Texas | 149 | L71-63 |
| 1/21 | @FL Atlantic | 97 | L79-74 |
| 1/23 | @Charlotte | 172 | L73-70 |
| 1/28 | South Florida | 69 | L97-83 |
| 2/1 | @Memphis | 105 | 19% |
| 2/8 | Wichita St | 96 | 35% |
| 2/11 | Temple | 152 | 52% |
| 2/15 | @UAB | 123 | 24% |
| 2/18 | @North Texas | 149 | 29% |
| 2/22 | Rice | 237 | 68% |
| 2/25 | Tulsa | 57 | 23% |
| 3/1 | @South Florida | 69 | 11% |
| 3/4 | @Temple | 152 | 30% |
| 3/5 | @Temple | 152 | 30% |
| 3/8 | Memphis | 105 | 38% |